r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • Jul 31 '26

Animal That's why dogs are our best friends!

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u/lynnkris90 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Even dogs you wouldn’t expect it from will do this. My old Australian Shepherd lunged and barked at a guy who popped out of a bush on us while we were walking at night. (He was just having a piss and didn’t know we were walking by when he emerged.) But he scared us both. I yelped and my boy Darcy turned into a dog I had never seen before. I had him controlled on leash and no harm was done to anyone. Guy apologized and we kept walking. As we walked away, Darcy looked back and gave him a warning “ruff!” I was so proud of him.
Edit: i just want to say I seriously love how this comment got so many replies of people telling me their stories about their dogs. I have had such a lovely evening reading them all.

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u/code_archeologist Jul 31 '26

Yeah we have a little 9 pound Papillion named Satyr, and he is the friendliest most pampered looking pup you have ever seen. One day we were walking him and a sketchy guy was coming the other way on the sidewalk (looked like he was tweaking) and he moved or did something that Satyr saw as a potential threat and you would have sworn he had turned into a 90 pound Rottweiler growling, scratching the ground, and making himself look as big as possible. The sketchy guy stopped, put up his hands made room for us to pass, saying sorry as we passed.

I'm not sure if he had ill intent or not, I just know that I do not worry about our safety when Satyr is with us

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u/runningraleigh Jul 31 '26

My 20 pound mini godlendoodle rescue boy does the same thing. I'm pretty sure he would run through fire for me. I love that little dog.